Can foreign business owners apply for subsidies in Japan?
(*Edited: Details of the submission deadline is added.) The short answer is yes, as one of the subsidy admin offices answered our...
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- 2022年9月5日
Japanese must be aware of the fact that we often unconsciously see foreigners as being ‘different'
What is needed to start a business in Japan? We’ve asked an immigration lawyer (3) Yasuo Tachikawa, an immigration lawyer in Tokyo has...
- 2022年9月4日
Self-employed non-Japanese restaurant owners need to be aware of the recent policy changes
What is needed to start a business in Japan? We’ve asked an immigration lawyer (2) Self-Employed Restaurant Owners May Face Stricter...
- 2022年9月3日
What do you need to know before applying for Business Manager and Startup visas?
What is needed to start a business in Japan? We’ve asked an immigration lawyer (1) If a non-Japanese person wants to start a business in...
- 2022年7月1日
How the pension premium is decided: Basic knowledge about the Japanese social insurance system (2)
The insurance rate is 18.3%, and you'll pay half of it If you are an employee, your employer will issue a notification slip in September...
- 2022年6月20日
‘Two-storey’ pension structure: Basic knowledge about the Japanese social insurance system (1)
All people aged between 20 to 60 years old living in Japan ‘must be covered by the National Pension system and must pay contributions by...
- 2022年6月4日
What is your health insurance in Japan, and how it works?
Three types of Japanese health insurance in Japan Health insurance in Japan is divided mainly into three groups at large. They are: (1)...
- 2022年5月25日
How to read your payslip when working in Japan with a Japanese employer
A payment slip contains essential information about your social insurance. If you are a non-Japanese national working in Japan, it can...
- 2022年2月21日
【Updated】Translation is now ready! 'How to apply for the covid subvention 2022'
NB Translation is updated on 2 March to improve clarity. As predicted, the translation 'How to apply for the covid subvention 2022' is...
- 2022年2月11日
'Pre-screening' required for the covid subvention this time (2022)
NB The word previously used 'pre-checking' (事前確認 in Japanese) has been changed to 'pre-screening', considering the actual procedure. In...
- 2022年2月9日
Required documents for the covid subvention 2022
For the covid subvention, here are the slides of required documents for the application. The slides include a glossary, too. I have...
- 2022年1月31日
Application of a subvention for SMEs or registered freelancers is now open
Japanese government started accepting an application of a subvention for SMEs or registered freelancers who are seriously affected by the...
- 2022年1月20日
Interview: Found a mentor, encouraged to step further –– Jenni, Tokyo
From Yamanashi to Tokyo, weekly trip by highway bus to learn translation Hurdle for female freelancers in Japan: spouse deduction...
- 2022年1月10日
My focus: non-Japanese professionals in Japan
My, and Posse Nippon’s, project is to provide entrepreneurial assistance for non-Japanese people, as I mentioned before, and this is why...
- 2022年1月5日
Is that the only way of working in Japan?
Everything started with the question above: Is that the only way for foreigners to work in Japan? I have met many skilled foreigners...
- 2021年12月31日
The beginning of (y)our story here in Japan
James Webb Young, in his seminal work A Technique for Producing Ideas, used islands in the ‘South Seas’ as a metaphor for the...
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